The Boxers wanted to drive people who were not Chinese away from China because those people were contaminating the country with their foreign ways.
When the Boxers attacked the foreigners in China, Japan and the European powers formed a multinational force to defeat the Boxers.
Rush for Westernization
After the Boxer defeat, women were allowed to attend schools for an education, and the Chinese began to emphasize math and science over Confucianism.
Westernization helped the economy grow.
A reformer who supported the idea of a Chinese republic was Sun Yixian (or Sun Yat-sen). He arranged the Revolutionary Alliance, wanting to recreate China with the "Three Principles of the People":
Nationalism (ending foreign domination)
Democracy (a representative government)
Livelihood (economic security)
In 1911, uprisings against the Qing dynasty began.
-THE QING DYNASTY FALLS-
Effects
Short-Term
Sun Yixian became president of the new Chinese republic in December 1911.
China divided into regions controlled by local gentry and warlord leaders.
Long-Term
Sun Yixian's region was constantly struggling for power against the warlord armies, Qing loyalists, and an increasing communist movement for 37 years.
Causes
The Boxer Uprising
Rush for Westernization
-THE QING DYNASTY FALLS-
Effects
Short-Term
Long-Term